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Koine Greek wordlink #146814

SR GNT Yac 1:23 ἐσόπτρῳ (esoptrōi) ‘of existence of him in a mirror’ Strongs=20720 Lemma=esoptron
Word role=noun case=dative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐσόπτρῳ (N-DNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐσόπτρῳ’ (N-DNS) is always and only glossed as ‘a mirror’.

Yac (Jam) 1:23 ‘of existence of him in a mirror’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:23 word 21

OET-LV: 23 Because if anyone a_listener of_the_message is, and not a_doer, this one is _like to _man observing his face of_ the _existence of _him in a_mirror. (JAM_1:23)

OET-RV: 23 Anyone who is just a listener of the message and does nothing with it is like someone who looks at their face in a mirror (JAM 1:23)

Greek words (1) other than ἐσόπτρῳ (N-DNS) with a gloss related to ‘mirror’

1 COR 13:12 ἐσόπτρου (esoptrou) N-GNS ‘for now through a mirror in an enigma then’ SR GNT 1 Cor 13:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 For/Because we _are _seeing now through a_mirror in an_enigma, but then face to face, now I _am _knowing by part, but then I _will _be _knowing _fully, as also I _was _known _fully. (CO1_13:12)

OET-RV: 12 In this present age, we see like fuzzy reflections in a mirror, but in the future, we’ll see God face to face. In this age, I have partial knowledge, but then it’ll be complete, just like we’ll be known completely. (CO1 13:12)

Key: N=noun DNS=dative, neuter, singular GNS=genitive, neuter, singular